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Pinedale, Wyoming

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Pinedale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82941. It lies near Hay Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Pinedale quadrangle. 2,005 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,182 feet above sea level.

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Pinedale within Sublette County

On record in Pinedale

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Pinedale fell from 2,030 to 2,005 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,030
20202,005-25 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Pinedale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,684 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning8
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution13 acresPinedale Field OfficeDUMP
22 September 2020Naturalunder an acreSublette CountyHALF MOON TREE
20 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePinedale Field OfficeTOWN DUMP
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSublette CountyELK HART PARK
19 September 2010Smokingunder an acreBridger-Teton National ForestFREMONT
4 August 2019Naturalunder an acreSublette CountyHAY MEADOW OLD DUMP
4 August 2019Naturalunder an acreSublette CountyLUKE LYNCH LIGHTNING
28 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSublette CountyMURDOCK RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sublette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Pinedale: 6 producers, 5 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
ArcherSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dump PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
FeltnerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fred's Hill Pit ResampleSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
HagensteinSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
JTWRSSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
New Fork PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
New Fork PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Reed ConstructionSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shriver Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sublette County

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinedale in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 lightning, 2 hail. The reports record 1 death and 5 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2003LightningPinedale1 killed, 1 hurtno account filed
June 2001LightningPinedale4 hurtOil field workers.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPinedale$40,200no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindPinedale$5,000Several trees were blown over, knocking out power to around 350 customers in Daniel and Pinedale. Shingles were blown off of the Museum Of The Mountain Man.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindPinedale$2,000Trees downed in Pinedale. Roof damage of some buildings at Ralph Wenz Field southeast of Pinedale.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPinedale-A 64 mph wind gust was reported at Half Moon Lake to the northeast of Pinedale.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPinedale-Trees were reported downed at the Boyd Skinner Park.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPinedale-A 58 mph wind gust was reported near Pinedale.
July 2011Funnel CloudPinedale-Several reports were received of a funnel cloud just east of Pinedale. The funnel was clearly visible from town.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPinedale-no account filed
July 2005HailPinedale-no account filed
June 2004Flash FloodPinedale-no account filed
August 2002HailPinedale-no account filed
July 1997Funnel CloudPinedale-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindPinedale-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindPinedale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sublette County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Sylvan Bay Summer Home Area7.3 miles11
Cora8.1 miles10
Daniel Junction11.1 miles10
Daniel11.1 miles10
Boulder11.2 miles10
New Fork13.8 miles10
Bronx16.1 miles10
Marbleton25.3 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on PinedaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q373456The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1604444. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.